GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1266, 23 October 1911, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Our Manawatu correspondent wrilos that Manawahi exhibitors were very successful at the Hawke's Bay Show. He J points out that tho winner of the chain- ] piou civo class was Mr. S. Standen, of J I'eilding, not (as was at first stated) Mr. G. Allcu. A curious freak of nature was seen at ' Lynton Downs last week (reports tho Kaikoure "Star"), wlien a eve gave birth to ; ,t[Uite perfectly-formed Siamese-twin lambs. Needless to fay, tho freak did i.not live. . j The ■ Eltham Dairy Company manufac- J tured in September 13G,8051b. of butter, < and is paying out JH&73& at the rate of '- lljd. per lb. butter-fat, the average test ■ being 3.5. Compared with the correspond- • inj month last year tho output is less, j but tho pay-out more, the butter manu- f factured in Peptember List year being 'J 145,5751 b. aad tho amount paid out £aiSH. 1 Some of tho farmers in tho llasterton - and East Const districts are, says the ■ "Age," experiencing difficulty in procur- 1 ing the services of blade shearers. With the advent of the machines, blade-shear-ers appear to hecomo scarcer year by year. It is reported that fruitgrowers in tho are experiencing considerable trouble in regard to leaf curl in peaches.